Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Fisher, Dennis Leo, Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi: Algonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth Century. 220 pp. 2023:11 (U. British Columbia Pr., CN) <702-933>
ISBN 978-0-7748-6846-4 hard ¥22,215.- (税込) US$ 99.00 *

Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi tells the modern history of Kitigan Zibi, the largest and oldest Algonquin reserve in Canada. This local history sheds light on the larger experience of the Algonquin First Nations whose traditional lands span the Ottawa River watershed and cross contemporary boundaries.Drawing on archival sources and interviews with community members, this work elucidates the relationship between culture and politics on the reserve during the twentieth century. Despite the disruptions of settler colonialism, the Algonquin have maintained a distinct identity and have waged a multifaceted struggle against assimilation and economic marginalization. This struggle has played out in political spaces including border-crossing celebrations, grand councils, and courtrooms. This fight has also informed strategic labour choices, interactions with game wardens, and protests against the Catholic Church. Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi demonstrates that the contest over recognition of treaty rights and traditional lands is longer, broader, and deeper than previously understood.

Schouls, Tim, The Spaces In Between: Indigenous Sovereignty within the Canadian State. 424 pp. 2024:2 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) <702-939>
ISBN 978-1-4875-8741-3 hard ¥20,196.- (税込) US$ 90.00 *
ISBN 978-1-4875-8740-6 paper ¥14,586.- (税込) US$ 65.00 *

The Spaces In Between examines prospects for the enhanced practice of Indigenous political sovereignty within the Canadian state. As Indigenous rights include the right to self-determination, the book contends that restored practices of Indigenous sovereignty constitute important steps forward in securing better relationships between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state. While the Canadian state maintains its position of dominance with respect to the exercise of state sovereignty, Tim Schouls reveals how Indigenous nations are nevertheless carving out and reclaiming areas of significant political power as their own. By means of strategically acquired legal concessions, through hard-fought political negotiations, and sometimes through simple declarations of intent, Indigenous nations have repeatedly compelled the Canadian state to roll back its jurisdiction over them. In doing so, they have enhanced their prospects for political sovereignty within Canada. As such, they now increasingly occupy what Schouls refers to metaphorically as "the spaces in between." The book asserts that occupation of these jurisdictional "spaces in between" not only goes some distance in meeting the requirements of Indigenous rights but also contributes to Indigenous community autonomy and well-being, enhancing prospects for reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state.

Wiebe, Sarah Marie, Life against States of Emergency: Revitalizing Treaty Relations from Attawapiskat. 312 pp. 2023:9 (U. British Columbia Pr., CN) <702-941>
ISBN 978-0-7748-6788-7 paper ¥8,963.- (税込) US$ 39.95 *

For six weeks in 2012-13, Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence undertook a high-profile ceremonial fast to advocate for improved Canadian-Indigenous relations. Life against States of Emergency responds to the central question she asked the Canadian public to consider: What does it mean to be in a treaty relationship today? This incisive research weaves together community-engaged research, Attawapiskat lived experiences, discourse analysis, ecofeminist and Indigenous studies scholarship, art, activism, and storytelling to advance a transformative, future-oriented approach to treaty relations. By centring community voices, Life against States of Emergency seeks to cultivate democratic dialogue about environmental justice.

先住民と連邦制の将来
Swiffen, Amy / Nichols, Joshua (eds.), Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Federalism. 320 pp. 2024:3 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) <702-621>
ISBN 978-1-4875-5209-1 hard ¥16,830.- (税込) US$ 75.00 *
ISBN 978-1-4875-5571-9 paper ¥7,293.- (税込) US$ 32.50 *

As a settler state, Canada's claims to sovereign control over territory are contested by Indigenous claims to land and to self-determination. Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Federalism presents legal analyses that explore forms of federalism and their potential to include multiple and divided sovereignties. This collection aims to advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada and elsewhere by developing jurisprudence on the possibilities for a nation-to-nation relationship between Indigenous nations and Crown sovereignty. Contributors use legal creativity to explore how federalism can be structured to include the constitutional jurisdiction of Indigenous nations. Several chapters are grounded in the Canadian context while others connect the issues to international law and other settler colonial jurisdictions, recognizing how Indigenous resistance to settler laws and government decisions can at the same time be the enactment of Indigenous legalities and constitutional cultures. Ultimately, Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Federalism offers innovative ways for Canada to move forward from this challenge using existing constitutional mechanisms to give life to a plurinational Canadian federalism inclusive of the jurisdiction of Indigenous peoples.

Jobin, Shalene Wuttunee, Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships: Nehiyawak Narratives. 272 pp. 2023:6 (U. British Columbia Pr., CN) <702-277>
ISBN 978-0-7748-6520-3 paper ¥8,515.- (税込) US$ 37.95 *

What is the relationship between economic progress in the land now called Canada and the exploitation of Indigenous peoples? And what gifts embedded within Indigenous world views speak to miyo-pimatisiwin ?? ??????? (the good life), and specifically to good economic relations? Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships draws on the knowledge systems of the nehiyawak ??????? (Cree people) to explain settler colonialism through the lens of economic exploitation. This groundbreaking study employs previously overlooked Indigenous economic theories and relationships as tools that enable us to reimagine how we can aspire to the good life with all our relations.

VanPool, Christine S. / VanPool, Todd L., An Anthropological Study of Spirits. 249 pp. 2023:6 (Springer, GW) <702-230>
ISBN 978-3-031-25919-7 hard ¥36,461.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book discusses the cultural importance of spirits, what spirits want, and how humans interact with them, using examples from around the world and through time. Examples range from the vengeful spirits of the Zulu that cast lightning bolts from clear skies to punish wrongdoers, to the benevolent Puebloan Kachina that encourage prosperity, safety, and rain in the arid American Southwest. The case studies illustrate how humans seek to cooperate (or counteract) spirits to heal the physical and spiritual ailments of their people, to divine the truth, or to gain resources. Building from their cross-cultural analyses, the authors further discuss how our physiology and psychology impact our interaction with the spirits. Readers will come away with an appreciation of the beauty and power of the spirits that continue to shape the lives of people around the world.

Methi, Jan Selmer / Nikiforova, Basia (eds.), Borderology: Spatial Perspective, Theoretical and Practical. (Key Challenges in Geography) 253 pp. 2023:6 (Springer, GW) <702-1218>
ISBN 978-3-031-29719-9 hard ¥34,030.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book develops and establishes knowledge about borderology in the border zone between different countries, cultures, and climatic environment. The content of border and border zone has, during our research, changed from being a physical border between states to different borders and border zones which also include social and mental borders. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the concept even more. The expressions "lockdown" and "social distance" indicate such borders that we, a short time ago, had largely not considered in our everyday life. Not only states closed their borders, regions inside a country, and even borders within families were established. "Illegally" passing these borders could crate strong reactions both from the nature by a disease or by the authorities with fees. The pandemic has not only challenged our understanding of borders and border zones, but it has also challenged our understanding of human rights and especially our understanding of what freedom is.

ポーランド－ラディカルな社会変動の30年間
Dubrow, Joshua K. / Slomczynski, K. M. et al. (eds.), Poland: Thirty Years of Radical Social Change. (International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology 141) 296 pp. 2023:9 (Brill, NE) <702-1242>
ISBN 978-90-04-67866-8 hard ¥29,901.- (税込) EUR 123.00

Uncover the surprising story of Poland's post-communist transformation. Using unique longitudinal data from the Polish Panel Survey spanning 30 years, the authors examine the country's transformation from one-party Communist rule, to shock therapy and accession to the European Union, to the rise of nationalist populism. Delve into the social, economic, and political legacies of the Communist era and explore the unequal fortunes of individuals and social groups, the shifting electoral realities of Polish politics, and more. This wide-ranging and insightful analysis offers a holistic understanding of Poland's remarkable journey over the past three decades. Contributors are: Robert M Kunovich, Marcin Slarzynski, Dariusz Przybysz, Mikolaj Lewicki, Danuta Zyczynska-Ciolek, Malgorzata Mikucka, Nataliia Pohorila, Sandy Marquart-Pyatt, Aaron Ponce, Katarzyna Kopycka

Brandel, Andrew, Moving Words: Literature, Memory, and Migration in Berlin. (Anthropological Horizons) 256 pp. 2023:10 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) <702-1267>
ISBN 978-1-4875-4368-6 hard ¥19,074.- (税込) US$ 85.00 *
ISBN 978-1-4875-4369-3 paper ¥6,719.- (税込) US$ 29.95 *

In the decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Berlin has re-emerged as a global city in large part thanks to its reputation as a literary city - a place where artists from around the world gather and can make a life. Moving Words foregrounds the many contexts in which life in the city of Berlin is made literary - from old neighbourhood bookshops to new reading circles, NGOs working to secure asylum for writers living in exile to specialized workshops for young migrant poets. Highlighting the differences, tensions, and contradictions of these scenes, this book reveals how literature can be both a site of domination and a resource for resisting and transforming those conditions. By attending to the everyday lives of writers, readers, booksellers, and translators, it offers a crucial new vantage point on the politics of difference in contemporary Europe, at a moment marked by historical violence, resurgent nationalism, and the fraught politics of migration. Rooted in ethnographic fieldwork, rich historical archives, and literary analysis, Moving Words examines the different claims people make on and for literature as it carries them through the city on irregular and intersecting paths. Along the way, Brandel offers a new approach to the ethnography of literature that aims to think anthropologically about crossings in time and in space, where literature provides a footing in a world constituted by a multiplicity of real possibilities.

Beasley, Melanie M. / Somerville, Andrew D. (eds.), Exploring Human Behavior Through Isotope Analysis: Applications in Archaeological Research. (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) 312 pp. 2023:7 (Springer, GW) <702-1313>
ISBN 978-3-031-32266-2 hard ¥29,168.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This edited volume compiles a series of chapters written by experts of isotopic analysis in order to highlight the utility of various isotope systems in the reconstruction of past human behaviors. Rather than grouping contributions by specific isotopes or analytical techniques, as many isotope review articles are arranged, the volume organizes chapters by broadly defined themes of archaeological research. These include: paleodiet and life histories, human-animal interactions, and migration and mobility. In this sense, the book is arranged with the intent of being as much question based as method based. Chapters under these themes provide background information on the principles of the techniques and on the theoretical underpinnings of the research; yet they are written with the non-specialist in mind and attempt to convey these ideas clearly and succinctly. In addition to the case studies and reviews, three chapters provide greater context to the field of isotopic archaeology, discussing its history, basic principles, and future potential. The volume aims to serve as a reference source for students and practicing archaeologists seeking to apply isotopic studies to their own research projects or to act as a reader for courses in archaeological science. Chapter 6 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

High, Holly / Reno, Joshua O. (eds.), As If Already Free: Anthropology and Activism After David Graeber. (Anthropology, Culture and Society) 272 pp. 2023:10 (Pluto Pr., UK) <702-1317>
ISBN 978-0-7453-4845-2 paper ¥6,625.- (税込) GB￡ 22.99 *

'A highly original thinker' - New York Times David Graeber (1961-2020) was an American anthropologist and anarchist activist who left us with new ways to understand humankind. His writings picked apart political power and social hierarchy to reveal what makes human society tick. As If Already Free collects his most important insights in one book, showing how his writing resonates today for activists looking to shake things up, and explaining how his powerful and accessible ideas can be applied to a wide range of topics, from birth to banking. In today's neoliberal world, we can turn to Graeber's legacy to provide a way for us to understand what went wrong, and how to fix it. This collection is both an introduction to his life and works, a guide to his key ideas, and an inspiring example of how anthropologists are continuing to use his work today.

Overmann, Karenleigh A., The Materiality of Numbers: Emergence and Elaboration from Prehistory to Present. 350 pp. 2023:5 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <702-1320>
ISBN 978-1-00-936124-8 hard ¥28,820.- (税込) GB￡ 100.00 *

This is a book about numbers - what they are as concepts and how and why they originate - as viewed through the material devices used to represent and manipulate them. Fingers, tallies, tokens, and written notations, invented in both ancestral and contemporary societies, explain what numbers are, why they are the way they are, and how we get them. Overmann is the first to explore how material devices contribute to numerical thinking, initially by helping us to visualize and manipulate the perceptual experience of quantity that we share with other species. She explores how and why numbers are conceptualized and then elaborated, as well as the central role that material objects play in both processes. Overmann's volume thus offers a view of numerical cognition that is based on an alternative set of assumptions about numbers, their material component, and the nature of the human mind and thinking.

Ruiz-Redondo, Aitor / Davies, William (eds.), The Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of South-Eastern Europe. (Proceedings of the British Academy) 256 pp. 2023:9 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <702-1322>
ISBN 978-0-19-726750-9 hard ¥28,820.- (税込) GB￡ 100.00 *

Situating the South-Eastern European region at the crossroads between the Near East and the rest of Europe, The Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of South-Eastern Europe provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the Balkan record of prehistoric foragers in terms of dispersal, ecologies, evolution, and symbolism. The Balkans can increasingly be seen as a key crossroads region, connecting the Near East with the rest of Europe. Such movements of ancient human foragers were not always from east to west; eastward dispersals into the Near East also occurred. The Balkans also served as an interaction zone, where encounters between incoming and indigenous human groups led to the exchange of ideas and genes. Recently increased intensity of study in the region has led to the discovery of genetic evidence for interbreeding (Neanderthals and modern humans), as well as rock art and possible early seafaring evidence. Ruiz-Redondo and Davies set out new frameworks for future research. The Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of South-Eastern Europe is the first volume to evaluate the long hunter-gatherer prehistory of South-Eastern Europe, drawing together the latest evidence to restore this region to its full geographical and human evolutionary importance. This includes evidence of shifting raw material and subsistence economies, human remains and ancient DNA, and pre-Neolithic ceramics.

Scott, Colin / Silva-Rivera, Evodia / Sinclair, K. (eds.), INSTEAD: Indigenous Stewardship of Environment and Alternative. 320 pp. 2024:2 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) <702-1324>
ISBN 978-1-4875-4267-2 hard ¥20,196.- (税込) US$ 90.00
ISBN 978-1-4875-4268-9 paper ¥8,290.- (税込) US$ 36.95

The Indigenous Stewardship of Environment and Alternative Development (INSTEAD) research program is a knowledge co-creation partnership of Indigenous communities, representative organizations, university researchers, and activist civil society organizations. The collective aims to tackle conceptual and practical challenges faced by Indigenous peoples and communities in the stewardship of their environmental and cultural heritage in diverse regions of the Americas. This book presents several of INSTEAD's founding Indigenous and academic partners to profile their diverse agendas and struggles. The intention is to bring together experience on diverse Indigenous territories, nurturing a sustained alliance of partners and researchers committed to the co-production of comparative knowledge, strategy formation, and policy action. Drawing on local knowledge experts and community leaders in collaboration with researchers dedicated to each partner territory, the book delves into the circumstances of each locale, critically comparing institutional and political contexts and assessing the creative strategies at play. Emphasis is placed on the co-creation of knowledge toward the goals and engagements of INSTEAD's Indigenous partners, influenced by a legacy of thinking about Indigenous methodologies and research partnerships. Throughout, the book focuses on the challenges of protecting the integrity and diversity of socioecological communities within alternative models of development.

Shore, Cris / Wright, Susan, Audit Culture: How Indicators and Rankings are Reshaping the World. (Anthropology, Culture and Society) 256 pp. 2024:2 (Pluto Pr., UK) <702-1325>
ISBN 978-0-7453-3645-9 paper ¥5,760.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99 *

All aspects of our work and private lives are increasingly measured and managed. But how has this 'audit culture' arisen and what kind of a world is it producing? Cris Shore and Susan Wright provide a timely account of the rise of the new industries of accounting, enumeration and ranking from an anthropological perspective, drawing on political economy, ethnographic observation and genealogical excavation. Audit Culture is the first book to systematically document and analyse these phenomena and their implications for democracy. The book explores how audit culture operates across a wide range of fields, including health, higher education, NGOs, finance, the automobile industry and the military. The authors build a powerful critique of contemporary public sector management in an age of neoliberal market-making, privatisation and outsourcing. They conclude by offering a raft of suggested actions to reverse its damaging effects on communities, reclaim professional autonomy, and restore the democratic accountability that audit culture is systematically undermining.

Wilson, Thomas M., Borders, Boundaries, Frontiers: Anthropological Insights. (Anthropological Insights) 160 pp. 2024:2 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) <702-1329>
ISBN 978-1-4875-0640-7 hard ¥14,586.- (税込) US$ 65.00 *
ISBN 978-1-4875-2432-6 paper ¥5,049.- (税込) US$ 22.50 *

International borders are among the most significant political inventions of modern times. The borders between national states are not just important to the peoples and governments who face each other across the borderline - any international border can become a regional hotspot of global concern. But aside from the significant role borders play in national and international affairs, borders are also places and spaces where people live, work, raise families, and build businesses. Written for students across disciplines, Borders, Boundaries, Frontiers introduces readers to the study of borders and border cultures. Thomas M. Wilson examines both historical foundations and current developments in the field, with an emphasis on anthropological contributions. Ultimately, Borders, Boundaries, Frontiers encourages students to explore the role anthropology plays in the understanding of contemporary borders.

認知考古学ハンドブック
Wynn, Thomas / Overmann, Karenleigh / Coolidge, F. (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Archaeology. (Oxford Handbooks) 1320 pp. 2024:1 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <702-1330>
ISBN 978-0-19-289595-0 hard ¥51,876.- (税込) GB￡ 180.00 *

Cognitive Archaeology is a relatively young though fast growing discipline. The intellectual heart of cognitive archaeology is archaeology, the discipline that investigates the only direct evidence of the actions and decisions of prehistoric people. Its theories and methods are an eclectic mix of psychological, neuroscientific, paleoneurological, philosophical, anthropological, ethnographic, comparative, aesthetic, and experimental theories, methods, and models, united only by their focus on cognition. The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Archaeology is a landmark publication, showcasing the theories, methods, and accomplishments of archaeologists who investigate the human mind, including its evolutionary development, its ideation (thoughts and beliefs), and its very nature-through material forms. The volume encompasses the wide spectrum of the discipline, showcasing contributions from more than 50 established and emerging scholars from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Prominent among these are contributions that discuss the epistemological frameworks of both the evolutionary and ideational approaches and the leading theories that ground interpretations. Significantly, the majority of chapters deliver substantive contributions that analyze specific examples of material culture, from the oldest known stone tools to ceramic and rock art traditions of the recent millennium. These examples include the gamut of methods and techniques, including typology, replication studies, chaines operatoires, neuroarchaeology, ethnographic comparison, and the direct historical approach. In addition, the book begins with retrospective essays by several of the pioneers of cognitive archaeology, presenting a broad range of state-of-the-art investigations into cognitive abilities, tackling thorny issues like the cognitive status of Neandertals, and concluding with speculative essays about the future of an archaeology of mind, and of the mind itself.

Ross, Douglas E. / Lau-Ozawa, Koji (eds.), Charting the Emerging Field of Japanese Diaspora Archaeology. 340 pp. 2023:7 (Springer, GW) <702-1038>
ISBN 978-981-9911-28-8 hard ¥31,599.- (税込) EUR 129.99 *